Offshore Norway Discovery in Production License PL 263 D
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Equinor announced results from an offshore Norway discovery in production license PL 263 D. The wildcat well, #6407/1-8 S, is east of Maria Field. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Middle Jurassic Age (Garn and Ile formations). The well encountered the Garn with a thickness of about 85 m, with reservoir rocks of moderate to very good reservoir quality. The well is dry in the Garn and Ile. The well hit a 9-m gas column in Lange (Late Cretaceous), and there were three thin sandstone layers totaling 4 m with poor-to-moderate reservoir properties. Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery to approximately 5.65 MMcf of recoverable oil equivalent. It was drilled to a vertical depth of 3,518 m and was terminated in Ile. Area water depth is 295 m. The venture was not formation-tested and will be plugged and abandoned. Additional testing is planned in the area by the Stavanger-based company. This is the first exploration well in production license 263 D.
Equinor announced results from an offshore Norway discovery in production license PL 263 D. The wildcat well, #6407/1-8 S, is east of Maria Field. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Middle Jurassic Age (Garn and Ile formations). The well encountered the Garn with a thickness of about 85 m, with reservoir rocks of moderate to very good reservoir quality. The well is dry in the Garn and Ile. The well hit a 9-m gas column in Lange (Late Cretaceous), and there were three thin sandstone layers totaling 4 m with poor-to-moderate reservoir properties. Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery to approximately 5.65 MMcf of recoverable oil equivalent. It was drilled to a vertical depth of 3,518 m and was terminated in Ile. Area water depth is 295 m. The venture was not formation-tested and will be plugged and abandoned. Additional testing is planned in the area by the Stavanger-based company. This is the first exploration well in production license 263 D.